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September 15th, 2010, 5:45 pm by BEN WENER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Anyone else have to use Microsoft Outlook for their work e-mail? Anyone else hate it as much as I do? Why does it always seem that important e-mail -- the sort sent to me with weekly regularity -- will suddenly wind up about to get killed in my spam folder?

So forgive me, faithful readers, but the latest rundown of new shows from concert promoter Goldenvoice went missing from my earlier post -- which suggested that Andrea Bocelli was the biggest announcement of the week. Well, maybe, if you're a fan. But I'd say Usher would give him a run for his overpriced tickets.

The R&B sensation's OMG Tour, with Trey Songz and Miguel opening -- and presumably all of those dancers who surrounded him at last Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards (above) -- is headed to Southern California for three shows: Nov. 14 at Honda Center ($25.50-$125), Nov. 17 at San Diego Sports Arena ($29.50-$99.50) and Nov. 18 at Staples Center ($29.50-$125). All dates go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.

Also, in the previous post I suggested that Stone Temple Pilots were just skirting around our area, having added a Santa Barbara Bowl date. Yeah, well, they're also playing Oct. 29 at Nokia Theatre. 'Spose I'd know that if I listened to KROQ with any frequency anymore. Tickets, $39.50-$79.50, are on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

Also at that venue: Godsmack returns Nov. 4, with Five Finger Death Punch and Drowning Pool opening, $29.50-$49.50, on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. ... and the once-again-reunited Judds will headline there on Dec. 15, $55-$500 (whoa!), on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

Team Coco is already all a-tweetin' about the happy news: Conan O'Brien announced today via his recently launched and rapidly found Twitter page (more than 600,000 followers and counting in less than a month) that he will embark on his first nationwide tour -- "The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour," to be exact.

The freakishly tall comedian who keeps a tsunami of red hair atop his head is warning fans that the production itself will be "half-assed," but he's surely being modest. Even thrown together, his show can't possibly be so ticky-tacky seeing as it's headed to a venue as large as Gibson Amphitheatre on April 24.

O'Brien's trek, kicking off April 12 in Eugene, Ore., also will land April 29 at San Diego Civic Theatre, April 30 at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, May 1 at the Pearl at the Palms Casino & Resort in Las Vegas, May 4 in Reno, May 5 in San Jose, May 6 in Sacramento ... and eventually make its way to Bonnaroo on June 11, where the mistreated former Tonight Show host will join a stand-up lineup that includes Aziz Ansari, Margaret Cho, Greg Giraldo, Rob Huebel, Bo Burnham and Jeffrey Ross, who will roast the festival during his set.

Tickets -- $39.50-$79.50 for Gibson, $37-$77 for San Diego -- went on sale at 10 a.m. this morning (Thursday).